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Enlarged in the Waiting
Waiting creates space. It creates stillness. Outside things stop, lesser things are pushed aside. We can either fill this space in our...
Lauren Mitchell
Dec 19, 20222 min read

Don't Get Your Hopes UP!
We may not have said this, but we have thought it at some point. As we age, we have been disappointed enough that we want to guard...
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 30, 20222 min read


Peace...Illusive???
I have to choose belief to feel peace. I have to choose belief to feel grace. Then I have to choose to stand up in it. “Therefore, since...
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 28, 20221 min read


Who Am I Disappointing?
Who do we most fear disappointing? How do we make our decisions? How much time do we spend thinking about what others think of us? How...
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 4, 20222 min read


Dancing or Crying??
Jesus, you can take the wheel. Also, can you help me let go of it? Thanks.
Lauren Mitchell
Oct 21, 20222 min read


Time is Not On Our Side
We have twenty-four hours in a day... that’s it. We never get twenty-five. Sixty minutes in every hour of our lives. No matter how hard...
Lauren Mitchell
Sep 19, 20222 min read

With All My Heart
I always feel like I need to figure things out. My brain rarely stops calculating and planning. I waste so much energy trying to...
Lauren Mitchell
Aug 8, 20222 min read

Fading Fast
Summer is fading and I’m desperate to make her last. My Enneagram one self, even though I try not to show her that much in public, feels...
Lauren Mitchell
Jul 29, 20221 min read

To Be not To Do
I pray that you will make me fit for what you are calling me to do. That's what I wrote, but that's not what the verse said. It actually...
Lauren Mitchell
May 15, 20223 min read


Expectations Anonymous
Expectations, this is the time of year when we start to see that things aren’t panning out the way we hoped! Those New Year’s resolutions...
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 23, 20223 min read


Coffee leading the way
Faithful, it's not flashy or trendy. Faithfulness may seem mundane, but it always adds up. Repetition brings results.
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 3, 20223 min read


She Believed
Mary was chosen by God because of her belief. She believed even when she didn't have all the details.
Lauren Mitchell
Dec 15, 20212 min read


Hold the Pumpkin; I'm just spicy.
What are you doing because it's expected? How are you letting culture push you around and tell you that valuable means loud and obvious?
Lauren Mitchell
Oct 29, 20212 min read


Monday Thoughts...
It’s not the pandemic; it’s the dishes. I don’t mean in any way to minimalize the suffering the pandemic has caused. Stick with me. In...
Lauren Mitchell
Oct 11, 20212 min read


P is for Pumpkin...and prayer...and a couple other things
Pray helps when desperately need perspective. I can get severe tunnel vision. When I start to fixate on things, prayer moves me forward.
Lauren Mitchell
Sep 24, 20213 min read


Are we hearing what He's saying?
When we expect an outcome, we sometimes hear what we want to hear. The disciples had an entirely different end in mind.
Lauren Mitchell
Jul 16, 20212 min read


He Said Practice Not Perfect
You know when you read a really familiar passage of scripture and see something you’ve seen a hundred times, but a new word jumps out at...
Lauren Mitchell
Jun 11, 20212 min read


On Love
Love, it’s the hardest command that masquerades as something that should come naturally. Why is loving people so hard? The problem with...
Lauren Mitchell
Feb 12, 20212 min read


Connecting the Dots
I seem to always measure my day in tangible things I got done, but that's not how God measures my day.
Lauren Mitchell
Dec 27, 20203 min read


Even As We Hope in Him
I’ve been thinking about hope since before we started Advent traditions. This first week of advent focuses on hope, we lit the hope...
Lauren Mitchell
Dec 7, 20203 min read
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